I think the better question is what about games deserves to be in a general history museum? The advent and changes of technology and the implementation is far more important than the examples of it in use. There are very few games on their own that would qualify as “culturally impactful” to the greater world by their sheer existence. (Mario, Pokemon, and Tetris immediately come to mind).

If we are talking about a “video game museum/exhibit” then the list broadens a lot, but it’s less about the “what” and more the “why” that needs focused.

Most of these I get, but idk about hollow knight unless it’s a part of the “Metroid/Castlevania” exhibit. It’s a good game but idk if it’s quite “museum” status.

I don’t doubt that there’s some incriminating stuff in those files. Do I think there’s a hard breakdown of charges and evidence in them? No. Because if Epstein was some crackpot who just claimed he had blackmail but actually had nothing, then they would have made it public or started a smear campaign and proved it.

But I think there are a lot of high profile people that are mentioned or noted in the documents or whatever and the Dems had the brains to go “shut the hell up and everyone will forget about it.”

Trump went around thinking he had an advantage by going “see they’re hiding something, I wouldn’t do that, I’ll release everything!” without thinking through that eventually he would have to reveal everything, and now that chicken is coming home to roost for him and he’s looking like a fool.

The problem is barriers to entry. There are certain things like voting that should have bare minimum entry requirements. (Proof of ID, lack of felony charges) Because once you put in any requirement (like education level etc.) those requirements can be manipulated by bad actors. We already have low voter turnout in the US as it is, and people already try to challenge that in bad faith (looking at all the “stolen election” bs in 2021).

Putting requirements like education is just begging people to manipulate it and skew results (harder tests in some areas, obtuse questions, general “elitist” focused motivations)

The point is voting needs to be accessible to everyone, even if some of those people are “not smart enough” then we need to focus on educating those people, not stopping them from voting because of some arbitrary “good enough” line.

Oh for sure, the sites are getting in trouble. But that’s because advertisers don’t want to be associated with those things.

But the payment processors, that’s literally how they make money. Can’t make money off the top if there are no transactions. Banks will still let you deposit your money if you get it from a drug deal, bit of a don’t ask don’t tell there, but it’s the government that has problems with how you got it. (hyperbole but you get my point)

I still think separating from credit card co.'s is a good idea regardless. But its pretty rare for them to turn down transactions unless they have to.

Hell Cashapp is jokingly called the “drug dealer financing app” but you don’t see them getting shut down any time soon.

We just need the files. I’m sure there’s gonna be plenty of “I was just on it because he was blackmailing me” or whatever, from everyone involved, innocent or not. Unless there’s something that literally has itemized “X person, 2 kids, diddled both, camera footage timestamp x:xx:xx” I really doubt much legally will come from it.

Court of public opinion however, that’s gonna cause some real shakedowns, if people actually listen.

Problem is the same as it has always been though.

Sex sells.

It’s gonna be a hard push for a lot of these companies to stop accepting transactions for NSFW stuff unless they can prove it’s harmful or they get legal repercussions because it’s a big part of business. In an economy where “year over year growth” is such a big deal, neutering transactions that account for (guessing generously) 7% of your revenue is a hard pill to swallow without serious force.

The front fell off

Just like the founding fathers intended

I mean, I get where this post is coming from, but they didn’t build guardrails along every single street and deliberately put them behind the sidewalks. They put it there because behind it is a steep dropoff.

It was never about “pedestrian bad”, the guardrail wouldn’t be there at all if it wasn’t for the hill. Same thing with the parking meters others are mentioning. It’s not because the meters are more valuable or whatever, it’s because replacing them is expensive. Could they have put it in front of the sidewalk? Sure. But I’d bet the sidewalk was there for a while before the rail (plus the fact that there’s a sidewalk at all is surprising, in the US)

I get the point this is going for, but don’t forget, narrative manipulation can, and is, done by anyone.

I was always told that scruffing them is fine but you need to grab more than the person in the grip, obviously don’t carry them around the house like that but if you need to manipulate them then grabbing a handful is usually okay. It’s fine when you’re spreading out the weight but that weird two finger grip on the back of the neck is just mean.

That’s why I visit your mom regularly her huuuuge…personal health needs.

The right answer here is ask the landlord, but if they say no, you can’t get it. You’ve got a good place, a good deal on rent, and an amocable relationship with the landlord, don’t screw that up because there’s a cute cat in the window. They’re adorable, someone else will adopt them if you can’t.

you don’t have to be smart to drive, we made sure of that.

It’s also not something he needs to be worried about. It’s like an abusive stepfather taking you to get ice cream. Yeah sure ice cream is nice or whatever but there are clearly more important things to be doing and worrying about

It sucks that this is going around too. Because no matter what the “right” choice is the devs are still gonna have to see what should have just been their fun project get thrown around in gaming politic hell

Turns out ladder pulling doesn’t work well when you vote for the people that push you off with the ladder.

They did yeah. I don’t think it was “now for the coma dream” part, but it was really obvious that things were not going how they were “supposed to” and regularly referenced that he was in the hospital

Wait but if building a tent around it doesn’t kill them, which I agree with, it means that they would be allowed in if the domicile was formed around them without their knowing.

So by that logic, do Vampires get squatters rights?

If they get into a domicile not knowing there is an owner, then the owner arrives, are they ejected or are they allowed to stay? What if you build your house on top of the entrance to their tomb? Are they forced to ask permission to leave their tomb and thus enter your domicile?

I am curious to see how many incidentscome out where there are of ACTUAL kidnappings that happen because some geniuses get the idea to just go grab some people and throw them in a van while dressing up like these ICE idiots.

You want to give gangs a free pass to grab random people or rivals off the street? Make your “official govt activity” look like gang activity.